Users More Likely to Share Secrets With Un-Official Looking Sites
It might seem a little counterintuitive, but according to a study from Carnegie Mellon University, users are actually more likely to answer questions on a website honestly if the site seems less reputable in appearance. Researchers created three different sites that asked a series of highly personal questions. One site used muted colors, an official-looking seal and a professionally appropriate ...
We're always hearing about some fantastical, nigh-mythical creation that Carnegie Mellon University is in the midst of cobbling together from spare parts, crazy ideas, and pure, simple genius, so maybe we shouldn't be frothing over the new robotic truck they've partnered up with Caterpillar to create, but this one promises to be the "world's largest." Adapting software CMU used in the DARPA ...








